It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, ...
Theodore Roosevelt
[on his character the hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck:] "You don`t really see war through the eyes of a hobbit too much in the movie, but Merry becomes a warrior. To see Merry ... covered in blood, sweat and tears, and living the terrible reality, was really t...
Dominic Monaghan
Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.
Chuck Norris
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
Bette Davis
[On filming Batman films during the summer]: "I`m not really looking forward to wearing a black rubber suit in the summertime in humid Chicago. If you see a pool of sweat through the city, follow it and you will find me."
Christian Bale
(On joining the cast of "M*A*S*H" (1972)): "I began to sweat at the [thought] that if this show fails in the fourth season, I`m going to wear it around my neck for the rest of my life: the guy who sank "M*A*S*H" (1972).
Mike Farrell
Vig used to call me `elf boy,` and I`d call him `filthy human.` As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he`d say to me, `Oh, go manicure your nails.`
Orlando Bloom
[In 1979 interview] I have worked like a dog all my life, honey. Dancing, as Fred Astaire said, is next to ditch-digging. You sweat and you slave and the audience doesn`t think you have a brain in your head.
Ann Miller
I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who walks around in sweat pants and sneakers. I think I have something going on with shoes. Flat shoes. I buy them in several colors at once. High heels are for work and they have always been unco...
Claudia Schiffer
I agreed to write the pilot because I thought it would just go away, but it became this huge hit and I remember waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning in a cold sweat, dripping wet. I mean, I was drenched. I just pictured my tombstone and it said: `Paul Haggi...
Paul Haggis
The Hulk is definitely what I would categorize as un-fun. I don`t think it always needs to be fun. It doesn`t always need to be one big happy family. Everyone got along, but it was a difficult, hard shoot. And I think you see every ounce of sweat on the s...
Eric Bana
You`re here to sweat. This program is live. There`s about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.
Paul Hogan
You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.
Andrew Lindberg
When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me, and a trembling seizes me all over
Andy Ritchie
We`ll sweat it out. I don`t think any of these kids will give it to us. I know everybody is shooting for us. Stay focused and don`t do anything stupid.
Larry Shaw
They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we`re building for them yet.
Akitsugu Bandou